[libvirt-users] hvm on x86_64 on binutils i386

[Bhasker C V]

Hi,

 I have this setup


kernel: x86_64 version 4.2.0
operating system (rootfs binutils etc.,) :  i386 (ELF-32-bit)
qemu-system : version 2.4.0  qemu-system-x86_64 (i386 binary)
libvirt: 1.2.19 (i386 )

When I run the qemu-system-x86_64 binary with --enable-kvm, the guest
machine is working properly as hvm. So
QEMU can run x86_64 OS as hvm

when I install using virt-install
virt-install   --name debian --cdrom
./debian-stretch-DI-a1-amd64-netinst.iso --disk /STOR/DEBIAN,bus=sata
--ram 1024 --graphics vnc

I expect the 64-bit kernel to load and start install in the guest but
i get a complaint that the guest cannot boot since the cpu is not
64-bit capable (please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU)

I tried adding the machine option to virt-install
virt-install   --name debian --cdrom
./debian-stretch-DI-a1-amd64-netinst.iso --disk /STOR/DEBIAN,bus=sata
--ram 1024 --graphics vnc  --machine pc-i440fx-2.0

No joy

Tried changing the machine as hvm and also added --arch x86_64
none of them help !

Can someone tell me how to do this ?
Just because the binutils and the OS is 32-bit I think libvirt must
not refuse to hvm a x86_64 guest  since the kernel is still x86_64
kernel and so so the kvm (module)

I am guessing I am missing some option passed to virt-install or this
is a limitation purely on libvirt (not qemu or kvm)

Moreover QEMU is able to run a hvm guest x86_64 and manually running
qemu does bootup the 64-bit kernel guests.